† Kashin is a dead foot problems Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2009-08-24 at Auckland Zoo, in New Zealand, . Official death reason described as chronic arthritis / foot abscesses.
Kashin was born unknown 1968-12-10 at Dusit Zoo.
In November 2008 the zoo celebrated Kashins 40th birthday. She was four years old when a bank sponsored her arrival from a Thailand wildlife facility to the Old Elephant House via jumbo jet. According to Auckland Zoo senior vet Dr. Richard Jakob-Hoff, "She has suffered chronic Arthritis and foot abscesses for many years, and of late, she developed skin infections over her body that were not healing and reflected a breakdown in her inmmune systen. Despite being on pain relief, she was showing signs of being in pain. Kashin is such a spirited animal, it was clear to us that her condition had deteriorated." Her pigeon-toed Feet from youth pre-disposed her to foot conditions. Kashins death leaves the Auckland Zoo with one elephant, 26 year old Burma who arrived in 1990. Kashin weighed 3.6 tonnes.
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